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Clothing, specifically kids clothing can be a challenge. They go through a lot and they outgrow them very quick at times. Also sometimes they are just so small that when put away in drawers, closets, & stuffed in baskets, here and there etc, may not seem like you have a lot, until its laundry day and you are swimming in kids stuff, you may even find that there aren’t enough hangers for everything you want to hang when it's time to put it all away.It is good to have a specific laundry routine, and also periodically set aside time for organization and reorganization, pairing, and sorting what you have and deciding what to keep and what goes.
A combination of information should be used when eliminating some outfits from your child's wardrobe.
-look around and see how much space you have for clothing storage, this will play a big factor especially if your space is limited (and this doesn't mean you need to go buy more storage). Also on the other hand, just because you have tons of storage space, doesn't mean you should use all of it.
-Figure out what it is that you do during each week. This can vary from season to season which is why you should sort each season, or at least 2 times per year (in addition to a little here and there). How often do you dress up? Is church your only weekly activity requiring nicer clothes? Then instead of 10 dresses maybe have 5 or less. If your child wears a uniform to school, or to special activities, decide how many you need by how many days they attend. Do you go out a lot, or stay home? Our at home clothes and going out clothes are pretty much interchangeable for us, but we do have special outfits just for outside play, and other messy play activities.
-Pull out of season, and outgrown, and stained pieces. This should be really easy, especially if you are doing this at the very beginning, or very end or a particular season.
Stained clothing should also be pulled, and a couple of these pieces kept ONLY IF your child will wear them while painting projects, or other activities where there are sure to
be more staining happening.
-Too attached to the clothing and want to keep them all? I am sentimental about particular items of my children’s clothing, I do however say that I can only keep X amount of "special" items, and then stick to it. I sometimes need help with this and usually watching an episode of the show Hoarders usually will solve that problem! You don't need the item to keep the memory. Rid yourself of the clutter, and make room for the NOW and the new memories to be made!
-Decide what to do with the pulled clothing. Think about your options and then make a plan to do it! Having a plan in place will hold you accountable to following through this task! Stained items may be able to get clean (hoping I get to do future guest post on laundry stains!!), if not these could be used as rags for washing cars etc, even charities prefer not to have stained clothing. Some options for the pulled clothing in good condition, include charity donation, handing them down, a garage sale, or for the really good items a consignment shop or sale. Consignment sales are great because they allow you to ask more than just the pennies you would be able to get at a garage sale. I just so happen to know of a great consignment sale, Rhea Lana's. My mom and I are the proud owners of a Rhea Lana's consignment sale in the Richmond Rosenberg area.
Consigning is a great motivator to get your items gone and make a little money back, offer good discounted clothing to you and other families. heck out our links below!
Last but not least, do not get stressed, or overwhelmed. Make sure you start with enough time, and take your time sorting and organizing, you do not have to rush, this is not a race. Spread it over a few days and de-clutter, and de-stress your life.
Written by: Amanda Vadon
Co-Owner of Rhea Lana's Richmond/Rosenberg
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Written by: Amanda Vadon
Co-Owner of Rhea Lana's Richmond/Rosenberg
www.rhealana.com/
http://www.facebook.com/
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